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obama has been out there really driving this argument. i think the republican party would probably take the bigger hit, you know, boehner is trying hard and calling it the obama-questering and trying to pin this on the president. right now the way the politics stand they may he have leverage in the sense they have an opportunity to get spending cuts but may take a serious political hit because of it if they go through with it. >> chris: congressman cotton i want you to react to that. once again, the president is trying to make republicans pay the price politically. basically saying these cuts are going to affect the middle class and education and law enforcement and food inspectors. and, once again, you guys want to protect your wealthy friends from any tax increase. >> chris, the bigger risk i think is the way they will impact the defendant of defense. cutting almost 10% of the department of defense budget this year. that is after four years where the department of defense has been the one agency in the federal government h hasn't had hu
obama has been out there really driving this argument. i think the republican party would probably take the bigger hit, you know, boehner is trying hard and calling it the obama-questering and trying to pin this on the president. right now the way the politics stand they may he have leverage in the sense they have an opportunity to get spending cuts but may take a serious political hit because of it if they go through with it. >> chris: congressman cotton i want you to react to that. once...
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the photos of baby obama got just under 70,000 views. the photos of baby romney just over 6,000 views. that is worse than 10 to 1. okay, maybe it's a baby thing. how about if we age them a little. barack obama, i have to say, was not the world's most handsome teenager. those were kind of his awkward years, whereas mitt romney was quite possibly the world's best teenager. they both ended up as very handsome adult men, but they went through their awkward periods, their gawky periods at different ages. but even with that, again, the young man photos of barack obama get roughly 70,000 views. the comparable votes of young man mitt romney get less than 1/5 that number. this is not a republican versus democrat thing or a conservative versus liberal thing either. at the height of her powers, put sarah palin's click per headline stats up against any democrat you can imagine or any combination of democrats you can imagine and she would blow everybody out of the water. conservatives can attract interest. just not this one, for whatever reason. the
the photos of baby obama got just under 70,000 views. the photos of baby romney just over 6,000 views. that is worse than 10 to 1. okay, maybe it's a baby thing. how about if we age them a little. barack obama, i have to say, was not the world's most handsome teenager. those were kind of his awkward years, whereas mitt romney was quite possibly the world's best teenager. they both ended up as very handsome adult men, but they went through their awkward periods, their gawky periods at different...
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♪ >> chris: as president obama prepares to address the nation, tuesday, he faces a buzz saw of issues: automatic spending cuts. gun control, immigration reform, and the resurgent al qaeda. we'll talk about all of this, with two of washington's heavy hitters. house democratic leader nancy pelosi. and, senator john mccain. pelosi and mccain, only on fox news sunday. then, senators grill the president's nominee for cia director over the targeted killing of terror suspects. we'll ask our sunday panel about new demands to lift the veil on drone strikes. and, our power player of the week can tell you almost everything the president does. and, how often he does it. all, right now on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and, hello again, from fox news in washington. when president obama delivers his state of the union speech tuesday, one big issue will be sequestration. $85 billion in automatic spending cuts, due to kick in, march 1st. the white house now warns this will mean damaging layoffs of teachers, law enforcement and food safety inspectors. and, the pentagon will be hit, too. they propose a
♪ >> chris: as president obama prepares to address the nation, tuesday, he faces a buzz saw of issues: automatic spending cuts. gun control, immigration reform, and the resurgent al qaeda. we'll talk about all of this, with two of washington's heavy hitters. house democratic leader nancy pelosi. and, senator john mccain. pelosi and mccain, only on fox news sunday. then, senators grill the president's nominee for cia director over the targeted killing of terror suspects. we'll ask our...
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now, that's progressive. >>> president obama's state of the union speech, marco rubio's thirsty response and the showdown over cabinet nominee chuck hagel. i talked about all of it with democratic strategist robert zimmerman starting with the man who wants to be in charge at the pentagon. the showdown over chuck hagel's nomination, blocked by republicans until of presidents day break. very rare to filibuster a cabinet pick. i want to show you what john mccain said on fox. he said, there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly and said he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war. which is nonsense. antihis own party, people don't forget that. is this hagel fight about policy or is it about a political payback? >> this is all about politics. when you listen to that quote from john mccain and you watch the way he and his colleagues conducted themselves, they look like an infomercial for anger management therapy. it was truly nothing more than a grudge ma
now, that's progressive. >>> president obama's state of the union speech, marco rubio's thirsty response and the showdown over cabinet nominee chuck hagel. i talked about all of it with democratic strategist robert zimmerman starting with the man who wants to be in charge at the pentagon. the showdown over chuck hagel's nomination, blocked by republicans until of presidents day break. very rare to filibuster a cabinet pick. i want to show you what john mccain said on fox. he said,...
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drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do you think, pat buchanan? >> i don't think they l. if they do, john, it doesn't make any difference. but we really ought to be concerned about these drones. they're a tremendously effective weapon. they save our pilots and the rest of it. but the collateral damage, the killing of civilians, the killing of children, the tremendous alienation they've increased all over this region has resulted in al-qaida frankly getting a tremendous number of new recruits. are we recruiting more enemies than we're killing? that's the key question when you look to see how al-qaida is no longer just in afghanistan but six
drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do...
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we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. that doesn't mean we are past racism. that is what we have to deal with. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue. and i think it's the consciousness that we need to continue to bring up and to discuss. that will only help us move forward. >> jamison, you made a point, we were talking about news. and i said if it's the black guy on the news on the weekend and i said, how many brown-skinned brothers do you see anchoring the news. and you said, what? >> one. one. just one. just you. just you. turn the channel. turn the channel, come back. you'll be right here. >> where's the arab guy? >> where's the arab guy? the arab anchor? seriously, dean, where's the arab anchor, the asian anchor, the hispanic anchor? where are the brown-sk
we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. that doesn't mean we are past racism. that is what we have to deal with. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue....
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we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue. and i think it's the consciousness that we need to continue to bring up and to discuss. that will only help us move forward. >> jamison, you made a point, we were talking about news. and i said if it's the black guy on the news on the weekend and i said, how many brown-skinned brothers do you see anchoring the news. and you said, what? >> one. one. just one. just you. just you. turn the channel. turn the channel, come back. you'll be right here. >> where's the arab guy? >> where's the arab guy? the arab anchor? seriously, dean, where's the arab anchor, the asian anchor, the hispanic anchor? where are the brown-skinned african-american news anchors? >> why does it matter on cnn? we've
we say we're post-racial because we have a black president and millions of white folks turned barack obama into their own person cliff huxtable. >> anthony, do you agree with that? >> absolutely. i think especially we're talking about the whole big picture of hollywood and where we all work. on the surface, it's liberal. but when you look deeper than that, it's completely face value. and it's always an issue. and i think it's the consciousness that we need to continue to bring up...
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and she looked at me and she looked at my official obama pen that said lgbt for obama and she looked at me with tears in her eyes and she said, our time has really come, hasn't it? we both cried. that moment with bernice takes some of the pain of this day away. on this day i always feel a heightened affinity with my uncle for this was that night 34 years ago that i had to first reflect on my own conversations with harvey. anyone who has had conversations with harvey will know, you cannot get away easy. and he didn't let me as a teenager get away easy either. i had to reflect about the meaning of those conversations. it was a day that i had to look hard at what his love and guidance would mean to me that that was gone, that i could only think of the words and the conversations that we had. my uncle was moved by all extraordinary heroes of authenticity that he would see, particularly when it wasn't pretty or easy for them. that is in many ways where the milk foundation is today. we will go where no one else will go. we will go when other organizations and activists had said no. we will
and she looked at me and she looked at my official obama pen that said lgbt for obama and she looked at me with tears in her eyes and she said, our time has really come, hasn't it? we both cried. that moment with bernice takes some of the pain of this day away. on this day i always feel a heightened affinity with my uncle for this was that night 34 years ago that i had to first reflect on my own conversations with harvey. anyone who has had conversations with harvey will know, you cannot get...
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. >> thursday was not a good day for chucuck hagel, president obama's choice to be his next def ense secretary. his old pal and fellow vietnam veteran john mccain jump all over him for opposing the surge in iraq. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said that th surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country sincecorrect or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to -- >> are you going to answer the question? the questions, were you right or wrong? that is a pretty sime question. i would like for you to answer right or wrong, then you are free to elaborate. >> i am nott going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> b the record show that you refuse to answer the question. >> he finally gave the answer he wanted to give. >> i saw the consequences and suffering and horror of war, so i did question a surge. is this going to be worth the sacrifice? we lost almost 1200 american during that surge. was it reqred, was it necessary? >> how much of that exchange was political, how much wawas personal, and how much risk related to the defense policy? >> 92, 11, 13. a l
. >> thursday was not a good day for chucuck hagel, president obama's choice to be his next def ense secretary. his old pal and fellow vietnam veteran john mccain jump all over him for opposing the surge in iraq. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said that th surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country sincecorrect or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to -- >> are you going to answer the question? the questions, were you right or...
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the total number of americans killed by drone strikes under obama is three. that is exactly the same number of high value detainees who were waterboarded under president bush. as we all know, waterboarding is, and michael will know this as well as anybody, is going to be part of the legacy of the bush years. i don't think the obama people want targeted killing of americans to be very high up on the list of their legacy in national security policy, which is why they have an incentive to try to figure out a way to do something about this. >> there is an additional incentive here as well, though, because drones are central to the obama approach for national security. precisely because they want to disengage from what they regard as messy counterinsurgency operations, like in afghanistan. so what do you do when you disengage from counterinsurgency operations? you have to step up counterterrorism operations, which is what drones do and what they have done, in order not to just surrender this ground. so i think that the expanded use of drones is actually related to
the total number of americans killed by drone strikes under obama is three. that is exactly the same number of high value detainees who were waterboarded under president bush. as we all know, waterboarding is, and michael will know this as well as anybody, is going to be part of the legacy of the bush years. i don't think the obama people want targeted killing of americans to be very high up on the list of their legacy in national security policy, which is why they have an incentive to try to...
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>>> was president obama so focused on reelection that he was missing in action during the libya terror strike? this is special report. >>> i'm john roberts in for bret baier. the terror attack against the u.s. mission in benghazi is our topic. testimony on capitol hill has ignited a fresh round of debate today. what's not going away are questions about last year's terror attack in libya after panetta's final testimony yesterday. >> if i were a family member and one of my loved ones was killed in benghazi, i would be sick to my stomach. >> republican lindsey graham declared on twitter the president, quote, has to announce for his leadership on benghazi after panetta and general martin dempsey testified, they spoke to the president only once during the eight-hour attack. >> one time. >> right. >> you talked to him how many times? >> the same one time. >> graham and his republican colleagues repeatedly pressed panetta on why there was no direct follow up with mr. obama after they met in the oval office. >> are you surprised that the president of the united states never called you, secreta
>>> was president obama so focused on reelection that he was missing in action during the libya terror strike? this is special report. >>> i'm john roberts in for bret baier. the terror attack against the u.s. mission in benghazi is our topic. testimony on capitol hill has ignited a fresh round of debate today. what's not going away are questions about last year's terror attack in libya after panetta's final testimony yesterday. >> if i were a family member and one of my...
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obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding them back. boehner and his followers are not ready to compromise. 70% of voters say they would support a path of citizenship including the majority of republicans. but that number drops to 59% when president obama's name is added. with more on what to expect tonight. let's go to david shuster live in washington, d.c. good evening. >> john, good evening to you. >> john: great to have you. what sorts of specifics should we expect from the president tonight. >> he'll focus on the new initiatives, manufacturing, infrastructure, education and clean energy. the president has made it clear and you can see this in some of what he has said to other reporters in build-up that none of the new initiatives are going to cost a di
obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding them back. boehner and his followers are not ready to compromise. 70% of voters say they would support a path of citizenship including the majority of republicans. but that number drops to 59% when...
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we took part of these briefings of the obama administration team. we thought we had a program that was viable, limited, politically and legally realistic. one by way the entire intelligence committee have now been briefed into. to digress for a second, the major mistake we made, and i include myself in this, was in the early years of the program. the existence of the program, it was limited to the gang of 8. i think that was a mistake. by 2006 both had been briefed. we thought it was possible. we thought the obama administration could have continued the program in this limited form, at least maintained it as an option. it did not come to pass. i do not think any less realistically thought they would stick with it. we had not reviewed the executive order. guantanamo was out of our lane. this is a factual flaw in the film. they were saying this is not factually correct. we got a hold of the executive order again. all government will be confined to the techniques in army field manual. my friends and i have talked about this. i said not that you ask, th
we took part of these briefings of the obama administration team. we thought we had a program that was viable, limited, politically and legally realistic. one by way the entire intelligence committee have now been briefed into. to digress for a second, the major mistake we made, and i include myself in this, was in the early years of the program. the existence of the program, it was limited to the gang of 8. i think that was a mistake. by 2006 both had been briefed. we thought it was possible....
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an indian tribal agency so obviously drones are becoming more prevalent but on the same day that the obama administration released the drone memo that has stirred up so much conversation a small virginia city of charlottesville passed a resolution banning the use of drones against its. forty three thousand residents for at least two years the resident which was resolution which was brought on by a peace activist david swanson called on the state of virginia and the entire country to follow its example the charlottesville resolution says quote the federal government and the commonwealth of virginia has thus far failed to provide reasonable legal residence restrictions on the use of drones within the u.s. and police departments throughout the country have begun implementing drone technology absent any guidance or guidelines from lawmakers now this resolution is mostly seen a symbolic after all the city does not plan on getting rid of aircrafts that have already been licensed out nor does it have the power to prevent federal use of drones in its air space but it is proof that one small town i
an indian tribal agency so obviously drones are becoming more prevalent but on the same day that the obama administration released the drone memo that has stirred up so much conversation a small virginia city of charlottesville passed a resolution banning the use of drones against its. forty three thousand residents for at least two years the resident which was resolution which was brought on by a peace activist david swanson called on the state of virginia and the entire country to follow its...
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obama called in since new year's eve. as white house officials faced questions on whether the buck stops with the president. >> the president is commander in chief, and he is very concerned. that is why he has put forward compromise proposals again and again. >> house majority leader eric cantor fired back, the president should stop scaring the public about how me it digress restore will stop being inspected and criminals will be let free by budget cuts. instd reach out to senate democratic leader harry reid who did not get a call from the president today and bush and to pass one of two house republican plans to stop the sequestered. cantor declaring house republicans have acted, and it is time for the president and senate democrats to join us. it is time to get off of the campaign trail and get to work, show us with spending reductions you prefer and let's find some common ground. in a tit-for-tat fight, carney brought out shots on the president's own plans to cut spending and tried to turn the blame game back on publica
obama called in since new year's eve. as white house officials faced questions on whether the buck stops with the president. >> the president is commander in chief, and he is very concerned. that is why he has put forward compromise proposals again and again. >> house majority leader eric cantor fired back, the president should stop scaring the public about how me it digress restore will stop being inspected and criminals will be let free by budget cuts. instd reach out to senate...
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george bush never gave obama the deficit. >> and president obama, president obama-- amassed more debt in four years than the previous. you can't escape that. >> under president obama we created jobs every month, and-- >> fewer americans working. >> losing $800,000 jobs. and we were gaining with this economy is recovering under president obama. >> thank you both. and they're unemployed and-- >> senator rand paul will join me for a live in studio interview, that's coming up, first with the help of the new york times, yes, you heard me right. we will reveal next the truth about the obama sequester. in other words, it was his idea, and you'll find out exactly why the president proposed the measure in the first place and robert gibbs admits he was instructed by the most transparent administration to lie to reporters about the administration's drone program. that's straight ahead. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. ♪ protect your mouth, with fixodent
george bush never gave obama the deficit. >> and president obama, president obama-- amassed more debt in four years than the previous. you can't escape that. >> under president obama we created jobs every month, and-- >> fewer americans working. >> losing $800,000 jobs. and we were gaining with this economy is recovering under president obama. >> thank you both. and they're unemployed and-- >> senator rand paul will join me for a live in studio interview,...
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here's what president obama said. >> president barack obama: it is just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan, and i need a secretary of defense who is coordinating with our allies to make sure our troops are getting the kind of strategy and mission they deserve. >> chris: even if you allow hagel to be confirmed in a week when you come back from recess, do you worry he'll be damaged and therefore less effective dealing with congress and dealing inside the pentagon? >> i would worry about a congress being jammed, to support a nominee that the "washington post" said is to the left of the obama administration's foreign policy agenda. on the fringe of the senate. you are talking about a person whose voting record shows softness on iran and antagonism toward israel beyond belief. he'd be the most antagonistic senator toward the state of israel in history, so the fact that we reported in -- tuesday, wanted a cloture vote thursday was unreasonable and we voted senator kerry on the same day because there was no controversy
here's what president obama said. >> president barack obama: it is just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan, and i need a secretary of defense who is coordinating with our allies to make sure our troops are getting the kind of strategy and mission they deserve. >> chris: even if you allow hagel to be confirmed in a week when you come back from recess, do you worry he'll be damaged and therefore less effective...
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and president obama is going to solve this mess by announcing he is holding the first face-to-face meeting with democratic and republican leaders on friday. there are two problems. one, it's friday by which of this time has kicked in and it's silly. up until now all he has been doing is kicking the other side's teeth in. time to get something done now because we have the plans to stop all of this nonsense right now. we have the guy espousing it and congressman tom price, part of my avenger's collection along with marco rubio. it would rescind money and it's just gathering dust. $45 billion of that dust. that is a lot of dust and more than half the cuts that everybody is screaming that will take effect in days. >> i'm going to stop pointing you, this is just good. >> we are cooking up even more savings. senator tom coburn and he says it's time to cut out on grill sergeants on the pentagon channel. i didn't even know the pentagon had a channel. beef jerky from france is so the chopping blocks and how best for democracy. but leave you it to come up with $70 billion of cuts at the department o
and president obama is going to solve this mess by announcing he is holding the first face-to-face meeting with democratic and republican leaders on friday. there are two problems. one, it's friday by which of this time has kicked in and it's silly. up until now all he has been doing is kicking the other side's teeth in. time to get something done now because we have the plans to stop all of this nonsense right now. we have the guy espousing it and congressman tom price, part of my avenger's...
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president obama for displaying our taxation without representation license plates. >> reporter: on the touchy issue of ethics the mayor spoke of procurement reform in contracting practices even as he remains under the cloud of a federal investigation where three of his campaign workers have pleaded guilty to campaign corruption. as for reaction to this speech, there was this. >> look where the city is moving, how the city is moving forward both fiscally. we're fiscally sound. we're the envy of many city ofs in america. >> the -- cities in america. >> the big pronouncement the mayor would like to build 10,000 new units of affordable housing in the district. it's never too late to hear that. >> reporter: mayor gray's vision for this future includes new opportunities for startup businesses and tech companies. he says he also wants to try to stop the flooding in bloomingdale. he's got two more years. >> karen gray houston tonight. >>> the pentagon extending some benefits to same sex partners of service members comes about 16 months after the pentagon repealed its ban on gays in the militar
president obama for displaying our taxation without representation license plates. >> reporter: on the touchy issue of ethics the mayor spoke of procurement reform in contracting practices even as he remains under the cloud of a federal investigation where three of his campaign workers have pleaded guilty to campaign corruption. as for reaction to this speech, there was this. >> look where the city is moving, how the city is moving forward both fiscally. we're fiscally sound. we're...
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>> president obama's nominee for defense secretary has the 51 vo votes but today he actually needed 60. that would allow the vote on his nomination to actually take place. he came up two votes short of what he needed. today he will eventually have those votes that is for sure. we can get this issue revolved on the day that we can return for recess. certainly i believe there are vo votes. >> when we get back i vote for closure and move onto nomination. >> that is raight. they will vote eventually, but today they just didn't feel like it. they voted to block the nomination. it failed 40-58 with one senator voting present and one not voting. 54 tomorrows voted ip favor. no cabinet member has ever been filibustered. only two cabinet members in history have been filibustered and both were eventually easily confirmed. today halfy read knew he did not have the votes to clear the hurdle but scheduled the vote anyway to demonstrate this. >> republicans have made an unfortunate choice. there is nothing going to change in the next ten days about chuck haegle. being able to run for senate. you nee
>> president obama's nominee for defense secretary has the 51 vo votes but today he actually needed 60. that would allow the vote on his nomination to actually take place. he came up two votes short of what he needed. today he will eventually have those votes that is for sure. we can get this issue revolved on the day that we can return for recess. certainly i believe there are vo votes. >> when we get back i vote for closure and move onto nomination. >> that is raight. they...
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today again president obama rang the alarm bells on the four spending cuts that are set to take effect seven days from now. >> i've been very clear that these kinds of arbitrary automatic cuts would have an adverse impact on families, on teachers, on parents who are reliant on head start programs, on our military readiness, on mental health services on medical search. >> you heard a bit of it there, especially from democrats you're hearing we'll have trouble fighting wildfires, airplanes, security lines will be long, all sorts of things. how much of that is true? how much of it is politics? how do we react to that? "outfront," daniel altman, economics professor at nyu, it political columnist for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." you listened to all this talk about all these dire implications, is it real or is it scare tactics? >> some of it is definitely real. if you look at the figures we're looking at maybe 70,000 kids getting kicked out of head start programs. we're looking at a $1.6 billion cut in funding for the national institutes of health which does research into life-saving me
today again president obama rang the alarm bells on the four spending cuts that are set to take effect seven days from now. >> i've been very clear that these kinds of arbitrary automatic cuts would have an adverse impact on families, on teachers, on parents who are reliant on head start programs, on our military readiness, on mental health services on medical search. >> you heard a bit of it there, especially from democrats you're hearing we'll have trouble fighting wildfires,...
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recently he's been going after obama on immigration, name the issue that obama has championed, session has been one of the leaders in the senate hitting him, one of the most conservative senators so i find these events sort of interesting. >> they're awkward. >> i was going to say they're whispering to each other as we get ready for the president to come and take the podium, he's going to make his remarks. this is the national prayer breakfast. 61st annual prayer breakfast, presidents since eisenhower attended. we're expecting to hear from the president, as we continue to monitor it. andre boticelli is singing. ♪ as we leave you with andre bow ticelli is singing, not lip syncing, we're back in a moment, stay with us. >>> welcome back to "starting point" everyone. top story this is morning we'll start with a shocking one out of kansas city, shocking discovery there, a teenager was found chained to a pipe in the basement, trapped there by his own parents as punishment. police found the special needs teen after responding to a tip by a neighbor who suspected the abuse. frail and skinny
recently he's been going after obama on immigration, name the issue that obama has championed, session has been one of the leaders in the senate hitting him, one of the most conservative senators so i find these events sort of interesting. >> they're awkward. >> i was going to say they're whispering to each other as we get ready for the president to come and take the podium, he's going to make his remarks. this is the national prayer breakfast. 61st annual prayer breakfast,...
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obama announcing a new plan to governors. this plan will make it easier for veterans to transfer to civilian jobs. she will ask states to transfer to jobs based on active duty experience. administration officials say that would allow them to apply more quickly for some jobs. >> thank you. checking news around the nation, investigators think they know who was responsible for the deadly shootings and crashed on the las vegas strip. they're looking for this man. authorities believe he shot and killed the rapper last thursday. he crashed into a taxicab causing it to explode. two people in the taxi died. john wesley jeffries of fredericksburg ais a registered sex offender. police believe he was involved in the deaths of nelson flack and his wife. they were found dead at their home sunday afternoon. police say he is considered armed and dangerous. a couple crooks have their eyes on more than just the waitresses at hooters in san diego. surveillance video copies thieves -- caught thieves breaking into the restaurant just after 4:00
obama announcing a new plan to governors. this plan will make it easier for veterans to transfer to civilian jobs. she will ask states to transfer to jobs based on active duty experience. administration officials say that would allow them to apply more quickly for some jobs. >> thank you. checking news around the nation, investigators think they know who was responsible for the deadly shootings and crashed on the las vegas strip. they're looking for this man. authorities believe he shot...